Sentence examples for substantive standard from inspiring English sources

"Noticeably absent from the language of the statute," he continued, "is any substantive standard prescribing the level of education to be accorded handicapped children".

What we have said suggests that the normal (APA) meaning of the "substantial evidence" terminology connotes a substantive standard no different from the arbitrary or capricious test.

We found such a violation when individual votes within the same state were weighted unequally, but we have never before called into question the substantive standard by which a state determines that a vote has been legally cast.

If there were to be a uniform standard laid down, I suppose at this point, by the Leon County Circuit Court, or in any other valid way, in your judgment, what should the substantive standard be?

Whether or not the State's alleged interest in providing medically beneficial treatment to those in its custody who are mentally ill may alone override the refusal of psychotropic drugs by a presumptively competent person, a plain reading of Policy 600.30 reveals that it does not meet the substantive standard set forth by the Court.

This Article argues, however, that good faith functions as a rhetorical device rather than a substantive standard.

The substantive standards governing bills of lading in maritime carriage have become largely uniform in most of the Western world.

Policy 600.30 comports with these requirements; we therefore reject respondent's contention that its substantive standards are deficient under the Constitution". Ante, at 227 (emphasis added).

" Under the Eighth Amendment, the fact that death is different does not rule out its application; it simply alters the relevant procedural and substantive standards.

We will examine entitlement processes in selected California jurisdictions to understand how individual land use regulations— be it zoning, specific plan, environmental or design review impact development approval timelines and procedural and substantive standards.

To be sure, a core set of regulations in an industry like finance is necessary and will always exist: to impose important internal processes, to set substantive standards, to require disclosure to the marketplace and to deter bad conduct both through the rules themselves and through enforcement.